The Effects of Video Based Cervical and Thoracal Posture Exercises on Office Workers

NCT05608473 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DEU-FTR-IK-02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aim of this study was investigate the effects of video-based cervical and thoracic postural exercises on muscle strength and endurance, hand grip strength, head-neck posture, quality of life and patient satisfaction in office workers.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity; Quality of Life

Keywords

Exercise; Posture; Workers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Head-Neck Posture

  Two markers were placed on the spinous process of C7 and targus of the ear. The angle was measured on the image taken with a digital camera.

  Baseline

• Head-Neck Posture

  Two markers were placed on the spinous process of C7 and targus of the ear. The angle was measured on the image taken with a digital camera.

  At the end of the 6th week

• Muscle Strength

  The cervical and scapular muscle strength was meausured with a Hand Held dynamometer (Lafayette Manual Muscle Test System™/ Model 01163-Lafayette Instrument Company, Lafayette, Indiana). Measurements were repeated three times, the average value was recorded.

  Baseline

• Muscle Strength

  The cervical and scapular muscle strength was meausured with a Hand Held dynamometer (Lafayette Manual Muscle Test System™/ Model 01163-Lafayette Instrument Company, Lafayette, Indiana). Measurements were repeated three times, the average value was recorded.

  At the end of the 6th week

• Muscle Endurance

  The muscular endurance of the deep cervical flexors was evaluated with the cranio-cervical flexion test. For general cervical flexor muscles, 0.5 kg weight was placed on the cervical region of the participant. The participant was asked to perform 10° cervical flexion while in cervical retraction, and the time he/she maintained this position was recorded. And for the trapezius and serratus anterior muscles, Scapular muscular endurance test was used.

  Baseline

• Muscle Endurance

  The muscular endurance of the deep cervical flexors was evaluated with the cranio-cervical flexion test. For general cervical flexor muscles, 0.5 kg weight was placed on the cervical region of the participant. The participant was asked to perform 10° cervical flexion while in cervical retraction, and the time he/she maintained this position was recorded. And for the trapezius and serratus anterior muscles, Scapular muscular endurance test was used.

  At the end of the 6th week

• Handgrip Strength

  Hand grip strength was assessed using a hand dynamometer (Jamar dynamometer / Promedics Ltd., Blackburn, Lancashire, UK) in a sitting position. The highest value from the three measurements was recorded.

  Baseline

• Handgrip Strength

  Hand grip strength was assessed using a hand dynamometer (Jamar dynamometer / Promedics Ltd., Blackburn, Lancashire, UK) in a sitting position. The highest value from the three measurements was recorded.

  At the end of the 6th week

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• General Health

  Baseline

• General Health

  At the end of the 6th week

Study Arms (2)

Exercise Group

EXPERIMENTAL

A 10-minute video consisted of 14 exercises was uploaded to the computers of the participants in the exercise group. Participants were asked to do these exercises simultaneously with the video, 3 days in a week for 6 weeks. During theese weeks, the participants were checked by sms and they were asked to keep an exercise diary. For progression, the number of repetitions was increased in the 3rd week and the number of sets in the 5th week.

Other: Posture Exercises

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group was given one session of training on postural correction.

Interventions

Posture Exercises OTHER

A 10-minute video consisted of 14 cervical and thoracal postural exercises was uploaded to the computers of the participants. Participants were asked to do these exercises simultaneously with the video, 3 days in a week for 6 weeks. During theese weeks, the participants were checked by sms and they were asked to keep an exercise diary. For progression, the number of repetitions was increased in the 3rd week and the number of sets in the 5th week.

Exercise Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• To be an office worker for at least 3 years
• To be literate

You may not qualify if:

• History of cervical, thoracic or shoulder surgeries
• Exercising regularly for the last 6 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• İlke KARA, PT: lead
• Dokuz Eylul University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Dokuz Eylul University

Izmir, 35320, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Nihal GELECEK, Professor

  Dokuz Eylul University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Co-Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 1, 2022
• First Posted: November 8, 2022
• Study Start: August 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2022
• Study Completion: April 30, 2022
• Last Updated: November 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)